^{14 Ref} But Zion said, Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.

^{15 Ref} Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

^{16 Ref} Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

^{17 Ref} Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.

^{18 Ref} Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.